Thanks, makes sense :)
You make a good point, he looked quite on the limit. You could spot the guys that were ragged as they threw up a lot more dust as they were off line in the dirty bits of road.
Yeah I thought that might be the case, thanks for confirming :)
Yup, you can see them on the start list -
https://rallyaustralia.com.au/wp-con...ember-2017.pdf
Seems if you are an R5 car you start in front of ASN cars, and fortunately in front of the Japanese gentleman drivers!
I hope Brendan Reeves gets a bigger gap between him and the R2 car in front of him, 5mins isn't enough on a long stage that's for sure!
Just getting up to go to first stage now, it's been raining in the night, but not currently, it's warm(ish) and calm here, some dark clouds on the horizon though.